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            <h1>VDB Function</h1>
            <p>The <b>VDB</b> function is one of the <a href="../UsageInstructions/InsertFunction.htm#financial" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">financial functions</a>. It is used to calculate the depreciation of an asset for a specified or partial accounting period using the variable declining balance method.</p>
            <h3>Syntax</h3>
            <p><b><em>VDB(cost, salvage, life, start_period, end_period, [factor], [no_switch])</em></b></p>
            <p>The <b>VDB</b> function has the following arguments:</p>            
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                    <td><b><em>cost</em></b></td>
                    <td>The cost of the asset.</td>
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                    <td><b><em>salvage</em></b></td>
                    <td>The salvage value of the asset at the end of its lifetime.</td>
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                    <td><b><em>life</em></b></td>
                    <td>The total number of the periods within the asset lifetime.</td>
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                    <td><b><em>start_period</em></b></td>
                    <td>A starting period you wish to calculate depreciation for. The value must be expressed in the same units as <b><em>life</em></b>.</td>
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                    <td><b><em>end_period</em></b></td>
                    <td>An ending period you wish to calculate depreciation for. The value must be expressed in the same units as <b><em>life</em></b>.</td>
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                    <td><b><em>factor</em></b></td>
                    <td>The rate at which the balance declines. It is an optional argument. If it is omitted, the function will assume <b><em>factor</em></b> to be 2.</td>
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                    <td><b><em>no_switch</em></b></td>
                    <td>The optional argument that specifies whether to use straight-line depreciation when depreciation is greater than the declining balance calculation. If it is set to FALSE or omitted, the function uses the straight-line depreciation method.  If it is set to TRUE, the function uses the declining balance method.</td>
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            <h3>Notes</h3>
            <p>All the numeric values must be positive numbers.</p>            
            <p><a href="../UsageInstructions/InsertFunction.htm#applyfunction" onclick="onhyperlinkclick(this)">How to apply</a> the <b>VDB</b> function.</p>
            
            <h3>Examples</h3>
            <p>The figure below displays the result returned by the <b>VDB</b> function.</p>
            <p><img alt="VDB Function" src="../images/vdb.png" /></p>
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